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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Field of Asters Growing for Seed With F, A, Conway & Co., Indianapolis, 1907. 



ili'iiifuid lire on the whole f.-iii'ly well ])iil- 

 ,iu('0(l ill the bi>f wliolesiile iiinikets, even 

 if the clmnjics in sii|i|ily and juices ott(Mi 

 ■ire s^tartliiiii. 



Glass for Vegetables. 



I II tiassiii>i, tlie increase in llie extent 

 il j^lass (leviited to veyetaliles .sjunild 

 Hot he oveilooked. A year or two a^o 

 I he forcers of xeyetaliies under j^lass 

 Were ill itaiiic lest tiie rapid iiicreasi' in 

 the winter supplies of \ c^ctaldes from 

 the tar south, hronyiil in express re- 

 frigerator cars, should ruin their busi- 

 ness, r.ut tiiey li.ave found that the pnlilic 

 v\ill pay fur (|nality. (If they will do so 

 111 supplies I'or the lalili'. it :-tands to rea- 

 Null that the s.inie tliin<f will hold true 

 in matters of sentiinent. ami tli(> grower 

 ■if lirst-chiss cut tloweis will li;ive the 

 '•■ill on the market.) Last year the xcyc- 

 lalile ;ini'>V(rs had a splcinlid sea.son and 

 lliey Imilt heiuily in the spring' of T.)07. 

 'I'liu-^ far this winter prices lia\(' been 

 e\ceedin;;!y low and tiie prubability is 

 ilial there will be niiich less buihliiiM' fi,r 

 veovi;ih|es in the s]o^i!iu; of I'los. what- 

 ■\ev iii;iy i,e true ot' bnildiiiy for cut 

 lldwer-;. which i^ives every i ndic;it iiui it\' 

 t"in^ l:ir-e, particularly in the west. 



'\hete llie .inilltrv is priispeinlis .-IS never 

 llcfnre. 



Flower Shows. 



The ih,\\er show^ id' I'.in7_ iIhi>;,. cln- 

 :''"'■- "I pnlilic taste in tliiii^> tlmiciil- 

 'iiial. Well' ;he nmst successful ever held. 

 ilthnii-h they (-11110 just at. the heieht ,if 

 tlie linaiuiul Ihiny. when tlie banks were 

 leaidiiiL; their ciirreiicy ;ind deidarinjr jt 

 uas I he peiiple. The " fjre.al esf show'' of 

 llie \,ar was at ('liica;,'o, but .all the 

 les<er alVairs were marked by exhibits 

 d >-iipeii,,r .|ua]ity and rewarded with 

 ittendaiice greater tli.an usual. The 

 piipul.aiily ,)f lldwer shows is ceitaiiilv 

 ^leater tli.'in cxep Ijct'dre. 



The vliuus (,f liiilS will ha\e to ciui- 

 "■'id \\ith a presidential eleidion. al 

 'li'in-h '>av,' in a few localities, when- 

 '■ally exhibitions are the rule, the shows 

 ^mII iiperi the week after election. The 

 'ureiit and only threerinc; event of the 

 veiir'' will be the national (lower show at 

 < hica<:e. This md only is pl.anned on 

 liroadei s.-opo than any" other exhibition 

 •'ver held in tliis cuimtry, but it i.s the 

 lirsi attempt of the Sdcietv of American 

 I'lorist^ in the way .d' a ■public exhibi- 

 '""i- 'I'lie j:uarantee fund is the <rn.at- 

 '"-t ever raised for a llower show and the 

 pieniium list the most liberal. The eo- 

 'M'^'atinn i.f tlie j^'ose, the < ■||,vsanthe- 



iiinm and the ('arnaliiin Societies ha^ 

 been enlisted and the .show will, without 

 any opj)ortuiiity for it to be otherwise. 

 ])r<)ve not only the (greatest ever lH>ld in 

 this country, but the lono;est, for it will 

 be open to the public for ten ilays, Nd 

 \ember (i to l.'i, imdiisive. 



Florists Fortunate. 



The ilorists may count tlieinsel\i>s fur- 

 tumite in the linsines,s ot' the autumn 

 season. Men wcdl iiiforni(>d on ecneial 

 trade conditions .assert that tlK> tlorists' 

 business in Xovembei' and December was 

 less alVeided than almost any other by 

 the tinanciiil lliiriy. Klorists have spoken 

 of their wares as liixniie.s and h.ave 

 tauylit thems(d\es to believe that at the 

 lirst sitxn of I'etreiichmeiit on the part uf 

 the ])ul)lic, the flower bill will be cut olV. 

 This may be true in a sense, lint the ex 

 jierience of the last two months lia-^^ 

 shown that tbiwers are :i neecl id' the 

 present, and that wh.at the public neeils 

 lod.ay it will liny, while the neeils of tn 

 morrow are put idl'. As an illustration, 

 the metal iiidii-<tiy (ami surely iiietal>. 

 like c()|iner .'iml steel, ,\re nei-essitie-. i 

 li;i\i' been almust at a standstill. The 

 general view is that it is merely a ca--e 

 i)f sus|)eiided .animation and thai the 

 busim^ss usually boukeil by the dealer-^ in 

 necessities in \o\ember and heceinbei 

 \\ill come with a rii-h at a litth' latei 

 day. 



The Flurr-y in Percentages. 



As iiiilicat in<;' suiiietlii ii;,^ of Imw llii' 

 ciiuntry felt the tall llniiv in tinaiice. 

 the finiii-(>s dl' the b:iiik clearings tor No 

 \ember aie lit' inteie^t. Itaiik clearinu^. 

 bein^- th(^ exchanee i>\' checks .amon^ city 

 banks, are generally ciiii>^ider<>il the bi"-l 

 index of tin; extent of the country's bii^i 

 iie^s. 



Ill November (he bank clearings id" the 

 whide country showed ;i redin-tinn ef 

 -lt.."> per cent. In New "^'urk city the 

 reduction w.as .".»>. 1 per cent, h'or all the 

 clearing houses outside of New York it 

 was only 17.() ]ier cent, ami th(> average 

 in the <j;roup of western cities ranj:ine 

 from St. P.aul and .Minneaiiolis to Kan- 

 sas City and Denver was only ;{ jier cent. 

 In the middle west, iiicludinp; Chicago. 

 Cleveland, Cincinnati, cdc, the reductinii 

 was 1.1.0 per cent. 



We all know th.if the New York cut 

 flower market felt the blow a great deal 

 worse than did any other city, and the 

 comparison of ,"() |ier cent reduction in 

 (dearinfjs in Niwv York .and ^ per cent re- 

 dmtion in the yrain states indicates 



about the way the thiwei' bii<iiie.v> was af- 

 fected by the troubles o(' the b;iiik--. 



Wealth in Farmers' Hands. 



As pdiiited (lilt in the annual report of 

 the .*<ecietary iif A<iriculture, made pub- 

 lic NoNelilber IKI. the total \.-|llie lit' the 

 farm crops of the I'nited States for 

 1!HI7 w.as +7.1lL',0(HI,il(l(i. which is the 

 piiidiyiiiiis sum o(' $().')7,ni)ii,Uoo ;;r(\itei' 

 than 111 l!tiM). It' the fariiier< h;id any 

 sli.aie ill iiiakiiii;' the jiriispeiily ot' the 

 early part nC 1'.MI7, they surely h;i\e the 

 means in hand inr cont ribiil in;^ tn eipial 

 ly oiiikI times in T.His. 



Exports Greatest Ever. 



As aiiiithei iielirat inn nt' wlial we may 

 liiiik tiirw.-ild to, the expiilt< I'f the 

 riiited St;ite>^ (iir the month 111' Niiveiii- 

 lier. wldch is ihe latest t'lif which tit:iires 

 ;ire a\ .'li lable, were the ^ieate-.t t'lir any 

 thirty days in the lii>-tiiiy ii(' the cune 

 irv. Ill tliat niiiiilll. the I'liited States 

 siild and -•hipped tn tiirei^n cuant I'ies 

 tiMid--(iiir<. aL;liciill iiral piud'ii''- and 

 nianil( act III I'd articles in the eiiMiMiniis 

 \;ihie III' .-f^jo I. I I l.sCii. 'Hiis nnt milv 



, Xiieds <l,tnler liV >!' l.OUII.IIilM, l,|lt it 



was .•i.'i.onojion oirater than anv nmritii 

 111 iinr hi^Iniy. r.readst II IT-- ainne cnn 

 tliliiitid s'J 1 .7.".d.(i:'iri. ^n the taiiiicr is 

 netting hi- -ll.-ile. 



Balance of Trade. 



r.nl 1 lie lie^l leal lire . , l' t !;.■ \m\ eniliei 



liuure^ is that in the mniitii mir iii.pn|-i~ 

 well' iidv s I lo.7s'.M o;i. Thi- mean-thai 

 t 111- ba la \)i-f m(' I ta' le in nii r f a\ .if t. .i 

 niily line iiiiinth n|^ the veai aiiininifed in 



>'.l;'..l"ili."i.7."i|. It is e.||ial In all the -eld 



the banks iin|iniied to alla\' t!:i' tinan 

 cial lliirrv. It w;is the t'ariner and lie 

 intiliil ( ac t nrer w im-e |irndiicts paid i''.i 

 the ^nld thtit helped the banker^ nut. and 

 it is iijinii such iialnral timl eninnmic i. 



siiuice- that the |irn,-pe| it \- , 1 1' lOOs will 

 be ba-ed. 



CONWAY'S ASTER. 



F. .\. Conway \- Co.. Indianapolis, 

 think the}- have :i (irstclass tliin<; in the 

 white br.anchini; aster they have been 

 fTrowinfj for cut (lowers for several ye.irs. 

 and whii'h has now been worked up to n 

 jioint where they have saved .about. 11,1 

 jiound.s of seeds from the 10d7 field of 

 phints shown in the aceomjianyiny: illus- 

 tration. The lmli:in:ipolis retail florists 

 have endorsed the opinion of <'onway iV' 

 Co., and it is larnely due to the recom- 

 mendation of l!(>iteinianii I'.ros. Co. that 



